There is always a city. There is always a civilization. There is always a barbarian with a pickaxe. Sometimes you are the city, sometimes you are the civilization, but to become that city, that civilization, you once took a pickaxe and destroyed what you hated, and what you hated is what you did not understand. Jeanette Winterson
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More Quotes By Jeanette Winterson
  1. You can not even roughly guess where you can reach in life if you pursue the path of self-education.

  2. Having a vision for your life is like having wider wings to fly high in the sky of your life.

  3. To be a winner in actual you need to be a winner from thoughts first.

  4. You have always a choice between being a winner or a loser in your life.

  5. There is always a price to be paid to be a success if you are ready to pay then success is all yours.

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